Things To Do In Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is Best of the World 2012

National Geographic Traveler ranked Pittsburgh as one of the best places in the world to visit in its 2012 list of the Best of the World.

Traveler sees something in Pittsburgh that you can too: our hometown spirit, great museums like the one honoring our own Andy Warhol, lots of fun things for families to do, great restaurants and places to stay...oh yes, and then there's our sports teams. What more can we say?

So World, we invite you to see for yourself. You'll understand why Pittsburgh deserves to be listed with London, Greece, New Zealand and the sunny Mediterranean coast of Spain.

Is Pittsburgh among the Best in the World? You bet we are!

Upcoming Things to Do

• Distinctively Dutch Festival

  Through May 20, 2012
  Distinctively Dutch Festival on visitpittsburgh.com

  Celebrating the culture and contemporary performing and visual arts from the Netherlands, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's four-month festival features dance, theater, music, visual art, film, literature and architecture.

• Paris Festival

  April 27-29, May 4 + 5, May 11 + 13
  The Paris Festival website

  The City of Bridges welcomes the City of Light as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents the Paris Festival at Heinz Hall. The festival celebrates the musical life along with the movements, people and works that left their stamp on this most fascinating period in French cultural history.

• POP!
  Rock Musical Murder Mystery

  May 5-27
  City Theatre Company

  Who shot Andy Warhol? Welcome to Warhol’s legendary Factory, where every artist has talent, ego, and a motive to pull the trigger. As the pop icon’s life flashes before his eyes, he confronts an unforgettable cast of outrageous suspects and wrestles with the meaning of his own legacy, at City Theatre Company.

• Factory Direct: Pittsburgh

  June 24-September 9
  www.warhol.org

  Factory Direct: Pittsburgh, at The Andy Warhol Museum, showcases the artwork of 14 established contemporary artists invited to conduct artist residencies in Pittsburgh-based factories. Factory Direct artists will work closely with the management teams and factory workers within their host facilities to plan and execute a new work of art based on the factory’s history, technologies, materials, and/or processes.